Knitting is My Life

Happy New Year! Our
first day of the year has been great and I hope yours has too.

Yesterday I said I
would share some of my resolutions with you. Here they are:

Drink 4 jars
of water every day

Get into a
workout routine

Eat plenty of
fruits and vegetables every day

Make 2
sweaters that I have been planning and designing for YEARS.

Knit a
project in brioche stitch

Knit a
project in linen stitch

Learn more
ways to increase/decrease

I have more
goals/resolutions for the year, but these are the ones I want to
share. I suspect the water goal is going to be on my list every
year. The more water I drink in a day, the better I feel. And the
more fruits and veggies I eat, the less often I get sick. Not to
mention, they don't have preservatives or gluten in them.
Preservatives and gluten give me a lot of problems that I would
rather not have to deal with. I had to last summer and it was
UNPLEASANT to say the least.

I used to have
knitting goals every year and after a while, I quit doing that. It
can get hard trying to find new techniques to learn every year. The
reason I started doing that was because I was one of those knitters
who would look at a pattern and say “Oh, I can't do that. I don't
know HOW to do that”. It finally occurred to me that it was
ridiculous, so I started learning how to do everything. To be
honest, I wasn't born to be helpless, indecisive, or say can't. I
blame my mother for my attitude and my paternal grandmother for my
desire for perfection. All of my aunts were enablers. None of those
women ever told me I couldn't do something, they told me I could.
See what I am saying? I didn't stand a chance. Knitting is my life.
I have worked to make it my life. Originally it wasn't with intent,
but then I became intentional about it. This year I decided to put
all my goals in writing so I can keep track of my progress. There
are DEFINITELY other goals on my personal list that I'm not posting
here. Last year was my best year ever on Etsy, and I hope to make
this year even better.